Pub and restaurant bosses today welcomed Rishi Sunak’s ‘new furlough scheme’ to help those in the hospitality sector – as others warned it will still be a tough winter for many. The Chancellor has unveiled another bailout worth billions of pounds in a bid to boost support for stricken businesses under Tier Two lockdown and … Read more
The jobs crisis caused by coronavirus is set to hit up to one million young people within weeks, creating a ‘Covid generation’ who will struggle to find work, according to new research. Leading labour market expert Paul Gregg, professor of economics and social policy at Bath University, claimed almost one million 16 to 24-year-olds who … Read more
The jobs crisis caused by coronavirus is set to hit up to one million young people within weeks, creating a ‘Covid generation’ who will struggle to find work, according to new research. Leading labour market expert Paul Gregg, professor of economics and social policy at Bath University, claimed almost one million 16 to 24-year-olds who … Read more
Ex-homelessness tsar claims people in Liverpool will have to ‘PROSTITUTE themselves to put food on the table’ because government’s Covid cash schemes for workers won’t ‘cut it’ Government funded 80% of workers’ wages until August under furlough scheme The scheme is now winding down until it is closed at the end of the month Dame … Read more
Multi-millionaire YouTube star Zoella has splashed out nearly £2m on a trendy ‘New York loft-style’ office – while claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pay her office manager Multi-millionaire YouTube star Zoella has splashed out nearly £2m on a trendy ‘New York loft-style’ office – while claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money … Read more
Multi-millionaire YouTube star Zoella has splashed out nearly £2m on a trendy ‘New York loft-style’ office – while claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pay her office manager. MailOnline revealed last week that the highly successful vlogger – real name Zoe Sugg – was paying her £25,000-a-year ‘girl Friday’ Holly Macey from the … Read more
Ex-homelessness tsar warns people will have to ‘prostitute themselves to put food on the table’ as she says UK is facing ‘period of destitution’ because two-thirds furlough won’t ‘cut it’ Government funded 80% of workers’ wages until August under furlough scheme The scheme is now winding down until it is closed at the end of … Read more
A multi-millionaire businessman’s company has been accused of using money from the Government’s coronavirus furlough scheme to pay staff who were still working. Workers at Russell Canner’s engineering firm Proform Group claimed the company used the funds to pay staff while keeping them on shifts, meaning 80 per cent of their wages were covered by … Read more
A multi-millionaire businessman’s company has been accused of using money from the Government’s coronavirus furlough scheme to pay staff who were still working. Workers at Russell Canner’s engineering firm Proform Group claimed the company used the funds to pay staff while keeping them on shifts, meaning 80 per cent of their wages were covered by … Read more
Rishi Sunak unveiled a new, expanded job protection scheme today as more and more areas of the UK appear set to head into lockdown. The Chancellor announced that his Job Support Scheme (JSS) unveiled only last month as part of a now scrapped Winter Economic Plan, was being beefed up. He was forced to act after large … Read more